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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KLJ, post: 60780, member: 1910&quot;]Mamooney may have also hit on another reason the dollar note hasn&#039;t been replaced.&nbsp; Cost.&nbsp; One dollar notes are far and away the most common note printed by the BEP.&nbsp; If we suddenly got rid of it, the currency paper supplier would lose significant business.&nbsp; This company probably gives enough money to politicians to prevent the government from doing precisely that.&nbsp; In addition, the loss of such a large segment of the BEP&#039;s work would require the downsizing of the BEP work force.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure that in that situation AFSCME - the union representing Federal employees - would pitch a fit.&nbsp; To beat both of those would require lots of capital - monetary and political - that I&#039;m not sure is in Washington at the moment.&nbsp; And even if it is, it&#039;s going to be committed to more important things, like the war on terror or a Supreme Court nomination (or two or three).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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